Carmel Henry Carfora

Henry Alfonso Mary Carfora (known as Carmel Henry Carfora; August 27, 1878 - January 11, 1958) was an Old Roman Catholic leader.

Carmel Henry Alfonso Mary Carfora
Carfora in 1918
Successor	Hubert Augustus Rogers
Personal details
Born	(1878-08-27)August 27, 1878
Died	January 18, 1958(1958-01-18) (aged 79)
Denomination	Old Roman Catholicism
Coat of arms

On 12 October 1919, he became the second leader of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church, succeeding Rudolph de Landas Berghes. Carfora remained in this position until his death on 11 January 1958. Carfora was succeeded by Hubert Augustus.^[1]

Carfora assumed leadership of a group of parishioners who broke away from St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, in Youngstown, Ohio, to found St. Rocco's Independent National Catholic Church on May 17, 1907.^[2]

His gravestone was replaced in 2015.^[3]